The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information

The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: A Definitive Encyclopaedia Of Existing Information

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Oct 23, 2012

Product Description Are you a witless cretin with no reason to live? Would you like to know more about every piece of knowledge ever? Do you have cash? Then congratulations, because just in time for the death of the print industry as we know it comes the final book ever published, and the only one you will ever need: The Onion's compendium of all things known. Replete with an astonishing assemblage of facts, illustrations, maps, charts, threats, blood, and additional fees to edify even the most simple-minded book-buyer, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge is packed with valuable information -- such as the life stages of an Aunt; places to kill one's self in Utica, New York; and the dimensions of a female bucket, or "pail." With hundreds of entries for all 27 letters of the alphabet, The Onion Book of Known Knowledge must be purchased immediately to avoid the sting of eternal ignorance. Review "An encyclopedic fun house of information and illustrations teeming with hundreds of entries covering everything from the letter A to Zibby the cartoon squirrel." ― Elle "A tome so replete with knowledge [that it allows readers] to win friends and influence people." ― - Entertainment Weekly "One of the best works that "The Onion" has ever produced...[it] dryly parodies an encyclopedia in the most comprehensive manner imaginable." ― - Huffington Post Comedy "Forget Wikipedia, burn all your books, and snap that Encarta CD Rom in half, because The Onion has just released its BOOK OF KNOWN KNOWLEDGE." ― - MSN's The Bubble "Leave it to the geniuses at The Onion, who have revolutionized the science of sarcasmic infoengineering in the weekly print newspaper format, to do the same for the venerable encyclopedia. Miraculously, in only 250 or so pages, they have managed to cram more meaningful information about our universe into one book than Google or Bing or even Alta Vista have been able to do with several times that number of "web pages"." ― Popmatters.com "Everything you've ever wanted to know about anything." ― Huffington Post "Extremely funny." ― Miami Herald "Long on laughs." ― The Economist "More of what The Onion does best: Make readers collapse in fits of giggles."― Scott Coffman, Louisville Courier-Journal About the Author Since its founding by a Prussian tuber farmer in 1756, The Onion has attracted millions of loyal fans drawn to its fearless reporting and scathing commentary on world events, human behavior, and journalistic convention, and it has expanded into an omnipotent news empire, with Webby Award-winning TheOnion.com, Clickhole, and multiple bestselling books, including Our Dumb Century (1999), Our Dumb World (2007), and The Onion Book of Known Knowledge (2012). Its home offices are in Chicago.

This was originally purchased as a Christmas gift. I peeked at a few entries before wrapping it up and immeditely had second thoughts. Namely, "I could keep this for myself and make a last minute run to get a replacement. They'll never know..." The recipient ended up loving the book, as did I, since I ordered myself a copy.This is a table book, you will probably read bits and pieces, not the whole thing at once. Leaving it on the table can start some interesting/hilarious discussions. It's also quite Onion-y, so if you don't know what the Onion is, you might want to find out before ordering blind (just Google it).Overall, fantastic and should come in 2-packs.